Best known for her unequalled three James Bond themes - Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and the rather forgettable Moonraker - Shirley Veronica Bassey has a longevity and status in popular Welsh ...

A new James Bond movie tends to mean a few things: a new villain, two new Bond girls (one of whom may or may not be painted gold), and — perhaps most dependably — a new song playing behind the opening ...

Dame Shirley Bassey has been belting out hits for a half-century — "Big Spender," "Kiss Me Honey Honey" and, of course, title themes for Bond — James Bond. Bassey, the diva from Wales, celebrated her ...

Fans of Bob Stanley’s Ace compilations, rejoice! For this month sees the release of American Baroque: Chamber Pop And Beyond 1967-1971. It’s a collection of mostly melancholic folky autumnal ...

This year’s Academy Awards just got another touch of gold, and not from the Oscar statuettes. Dame Shirley Bassey, the voice behind the iconic theme songs for the James Bond films “Goldfinger,” ...

If British spy James Bond can’t be called upon to save the mishandling of pop music by the 2013 Oscars, producers did at least book the next best thing: Shirley Bassey. The vocalist, now in her 70s, ...

Dame Shirley Bassey has insisted that she and fellow Welsh singer Tom Jones do not "belt" out their songs. The 'Goldfinger' star told The Guardian that it is wrong to use the phrase to describe the ...

Riding the tail end of her Propellerhead-ed revival and the never-ending revival of the Bond films, the sassy Ms. Bassey is back with a retrospective of her decades of well-dictioned themes. Bassey ...

Canadian singer-songwriter and JUNO nominee Kandle Osborne is catharsis personified. Some of the most beloved songs of the musical theatre canon come from Bernstein's score, which includes 'Tonight,' ...

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Last updated: 08 July 2009 Best known for her classic James Bond ...